Ralph W. Swain

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ralph W. Swain is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph W. Swain has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 2 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 1 paper in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ralph W. Swain's work include Facility Location and Emergency Management (4 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (2 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (1 paper). Ralph W. Swain is often cited by papers focused on Facility Location and Emergency Management (4 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (2 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (1 paper). Ralph W. Swain collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Ralph W. Swain's co-authors include Charles ReVelle, Lawrence A. Bergman, Dale D. Achabal, Harold Moellering, Jeffrey P. Osleeb, Thomas A. Hodgson, Kenneth G. Johnson, Niels G. Becker and Walter R. Lynn and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

Ralph W. Swain

6 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Location of Emergency Service Facilities 1970 2026 1988 2007 1971 1970 400 800 1.2k

Peers

Ralph W. Swain
Comparison fields: 5 of 99
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.6k
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 825
  • Transportation 600
  • Ocean Engineering 599
  • Building and Construction 512
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Countries citing papers authored by Ralph W. Swain

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph W. Swain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph W. Swain

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All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Health systems analysis
1
2 7
3 62
4 3
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A decomposition algorithm for a class of facility location problems
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The Location of Emergency Service Facilities breakdown →
1310
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Central Facilities Location breakdown →
615

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